Sublime Text 3 support for Rust

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I am on Windows 7 and I would like to use Sublime Text 3 for editing Rust files. I am on Rust version 1.5.0.

I searched on the sublime site and found several packages listed on sublime text rust packages. I downloaded the first package on that page - the one published by rust-lang. I followed the instructions on the installation guide page. Afterwards I restarted sublime text.

However when I opened my .rs file, I did not see any syntax highlighting and every character was in white. I clicked on the View>Syntax menu, and I did not see Rust listed among the languages.

In folder AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Installed Packages, I can see a file called Package Control.sublime-package. I assume that indicates that the package was downloaded at the least.

What could be wrong? Do I have the right expectation for syntax highlighting? Anybody had success with this?

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1 Answers

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After you installed Package Control, just follow instruction on this page: Rust package.

Install the Package Control package if you haven't got it yet. Package Control is the best way to install packages for Sublime Text. See http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control/installation for instructions.

Open the palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Command+Shift+P) in Sublime Text and select Package Control: Install Package and then select Rust from the list. That's it.

P.S. Also, you can see another packages for sublime text for rust language on this page: http://areweideyet.com/#sublime